Improvement in tobacco-presses



UNITED STATES PATENT @Erica R. KINSLEY, OF LYNCHBUIIG, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOBACCO-PRESSES Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. Il 3,790, dated November 13, 1855.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that I, RHonoLPnUs KrNsLEY,` of Lynchburg, Campbell county, in the State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Gompressing rIobacco, which are also applicable to the compression of other materials; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a cross-section; Fig. 2, one of the angle-plates detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective ofthe box with the parts all in place.

The object of my invention is to compress lumps of tobacco with rapidity and let it stand under pressure for some time till it is set, using therefor but a single press, to effect which I employ a series of boxes, which I call compressors,77 that are readily filled and placed under the press and retain all the compression given them by thepress after they are removed therefrom till it becomes necessary to remove the tobacco therefrom.

The construction of my compressors I prefer to make as follows, although several minor changes may be made in them without materially affecting the result:

a is an iron casting, consisting of abed plate or bottom and two ends with a partition in the middle, by which two separate boxes are formed, or there may be a single boX only in one casting. It will be seen in the drawings that the bottom projects beyond the open side at b, where there is a ledge projecting upward along its whole length. Into this recess a casting, c, fits, which is composed of two planes joined at right angles, the one forming the side and the other the bottom of the recess lying upon the bottom of the firstnamed casting, as shown at c. The box thus formed receives the lump or roll of tobacco to be pressed, and upon this a thin plate, d, is placed, and another lump may then be added and another thin plate, or one may be pressed alone,aecording to the capacity of the compressor. IVhen the box is iilled,afollower, j', is put on, which just lls the space in the top of the box and projects aboveit a sufficient dist-ance for the'purpose required. It is then put altogether under a press of any description of sufficient power to make the proper compression and brought downto its bearings. On each side of the follower f are spring-bolts c that shoot outward. rlhese are driven back as the follower enters thebox, and when it has descended the proper distance the bolts are brought opposite holes or notches It in the side of the box and spring outward into said holes, and this secures thefollower down. The compressor is then removed from the press and another put in, the operation going constantly on. X'Vhen the lumps first compressed are sufficiently set to remain in shape after the pressure is relieved, the catches are forced back, so as to release 'the follower, and when thatis removed the two side pieces'are turned outward, as shown at c, Fig. l, and the t0- baeco can th en be easily removed and the compressor freed for another operation. By this means the tobacco is rapidly and perfectly compressed, and the more powerful the pressducts can be compressed in like manner, andv I intend to apply my device to that purpose; also the numbers of cells can be varied and their size and form without changing the main features of my invention. rlherefore,

NVhat I claim as my invention, and for which I desire Letters Patent, is-

The construction and employment of a pressbox or compressor,substantially as herein described, in which the article to be compressed can be put and placed under a press, and when compressed can be retained in that position and removed from the press till set,while the pressis liberated for further operations,all as above set forth.

RI-IODOIJPIIUS KINSLE'Y.

Vitnesses:

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